Charlize Theron was born in the Johannesburg-area, in South Africa, with a brought up in a farm area lying in the outskirts of the city. Chalize has been the only child to Gerda Theron and Charles Jacobus Theron. She got formal training for ballet dancing and has performed both the “The Nutcracker” and “Swan Lake”. Since there wasn’t much for a young dancer in Africa, she had to move Europe and the United States to start up a job at the Joffrey Ballet in New York. Charlize Theron also worked as model, however a knee injury stopped her career as a dancer.